Reed-organ.



G. CLUETENS.

REED OMAN.

y w APPLICATION FILED 0mm-1909, L ggg, kammen May d, 19ML #o gf 5A F 4 f /42 2 l g I 421% a, t i f/ GEORGES CLOETENS, QF'BRUSSELS,' BELGIUM.

REED-ORGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed October 7, 1909. Serial No. 521,569.

To all '167mm it may concern.'

l Be. it known that I, GEORGES CLoE'rENs, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at 374 Rue de Lausanne, Brussels, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Im'- proveinents in Reed-Organs, of` which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wind reedorgans employing beating reeds.

Oneof the' objects of the invention is to provide anl organ of this kind with a single resonating pipe in place of a plurality of such 'pipes'.

Other objects of the inventionwill appear from .the description which follows.

, T he accompanying drawings Figures 1 to l showI an organ constructed according to this improvement. 1 shows a front elevation'otpart of an organ partially shown in section. Fig. 2 shows a transverse section on the lines Gr-H'of'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a transverse section on the lines I -J of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a transverse section on the lines K+L of Fig. Fig. 5 is a partial section on line A-B, Fig. 3.

The beating reeds 1S are arranged perpendicular to one of the sides of a conical pipe 16, with mouth-piece 17 which is carried by the slide 30, Figs. 1 and 5; these mouth pieces are of any convenient form for affecting the volume of sound issuing there.

from and may be aptly termed echo-bells.

Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view online A-B, Fig. 3, showing the slide 50 carrying thereon a plurality of mouth pieces or echo bells 17, a portion. of one of each is shown in positionl in Fig. 1.

T he reeds are. arranged, as in systems already lnown in tubes 19 taking the wind supplied by the tube Q() to a box 2l. The sliders perforated with holes permit, as in systems already known, of soundingat will one or another of the stops. A single one of these stops illustrated in the drawing (see especially Fig. 2.). The longest of the reeds l 18 vare placed close to the narrowest part of the tube lo. lVith a stop thus arranged, the same musical elr'ect is obtained as with a series of pipes ofdiiterent lengths mounted separately upon each one of the reeds. lt has been found advantageous to allow the tube 16 to be open at its small end 93. lt has moreover been found advantageous to provide the tubeliwith a. tube 21 connected to 1G by a central opening` 25 and also at each end by the opening at the small end lof the tube 1G andthe opening 26 with the large end of the tube 16. It is immaterial whether the opening 35 be arranged to communicate with the tube 16 near its small end as shown in Fig. 1 or with the open air. The auxiliary tube 2J. permits the reeds entering the tube 16 in the region of the aperture 25, to vibrate-with the same intensity of those which enter into the tube 1G at either end of the said tube. It will be observed that the tube 24 is not for the purpose of modifying the sound but for the purpose of permitting the vibrations of the. said reeds to be maintained with the proper intensity. Tithout this auxiliary tube and its aperture 25 the proper vibrations of the middle reeds would be impossible, due to the inordinate length of the main tube I16.

ln the construction illustrated in the drawings there has been given to the tube 1G a cross-section having twoflat sides. This arrangement has been adopted because one Q7 of these Hat sides of the tube 1G facilitates its fitting to the wind box, and the other 2S of these flat sides facilitates the adjustment of the tuning wires'Qf) of the reeds 1S.

In order to be able to alter at will the quality and the intensity of the sound, there is provided toward the large end of the tube 1G a slid 'a 3() bearing various constructions of resonators placed in apertures such as 31 and 32. By moving this slide. one mayY thus alter the quality of the sound produced by the stop. 5y adjusting the slide SO so as lo bring its flat part 3B against the large cud of the tube 16, it is possible. to close this tube almost' entirely, whereas it will only be partially closed il' against this large eufl there be moved the hollowed out part l-l of the same slide 30.

Figi). showsdiagran'unatieally the method of eoiitrolling the valves 21 b v the keys ot' the instrument7 it being understooifl that any known means might be employed for this purpose. By depressing the hey fill. which pivots around the. block 1-1, the connection l). is raised thereby moving.;v the bell-crank lil around its pivot Ll-1 so that the connection 45 also attached to said bell-crank will be pulled to the left. thereby moving angularly the other bell-crank 1G to which said connection 15 is attached. The bell-crank l-( imparts a dmvnward movement to the stein 17 of the valve 21 and opens it. llflnn pressure is released from the 'iit 1,.tlie valve is closed by the spring 1S.

Having thus described my. invention, I claim:

1. A reed organ comprising a resonating pipe, a plurality of beating reeds of difierent pitch tuned to form a scale communicating with said pipe, and means for controlling said reeds.

2. A reed organ comprising a resonating pipe, a plurality of beating reeds communieating with said pipe, selective means for controlling said reeds, and means associated with said pipe lto vary the quality of sound produced.

8. A reed organ comprising a resonatingpipe, a plurality of beating reeds of differ- 'ent pitch communicating with said pipe,

selective mea-ns forcontrolling said leeds, and means for varying the resonant effect of said pipe.

4. A reed organ comprising a resonating pipe, a plurality of beating reeds of different pitch communicating with said pipe, selective means for controlling said reeds, a slide arranged to move transversely across one end of said pipe, and a plurality of echo bells carried by the slide to be brought' into registry'with said pipe.

5. A reed organ comprising a resonating pipe, a plurality of beating reeds communicat-ing with said pipe, selective means for controlling the operation of said reeds, and

a chamber opening into said pipe and forming an auxiliary passage 'from one part of said pipe to anothergpart of said pipe.

6. A reed organ comprising a resonating pipe having two flat sides, a plurality of beating reeds provided with t-uning Wires attached to one of said flat sides With their tuning Wires lying against the other Hat side, and selective means for controlling the operation of said reeds.

7. A reed organ comprisinr a tapered resonat-ing pipe, beating reeds of different length communicating Withsaid pipe, the longer reeds communicating with the nar rower part of the pipe and the shorter reeds communicating with t-he Wider part of the pipe, and select-ive means for controlling the operation of said reeds.

8. A reed organ comprising a plurality of beating reeds tuned to give a plurality of different notes, selective means to admit pressure wind to said reeds, and a single resonating pipe in communication with all said reeds.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribin witnessses.

GEORGE CLGETENS. lVitnesses:

GEORGES VANDER HAUGHE-N, HENRI RACLovE. 

